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By Mubasher Bukhari. LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani student Laiba Rashid, 22, hopes her life will change once she learns how to drive a motorcycle after undergoing a training programme ...
In 2016, a woman named Aneeqa Ali was harassed and injured while riding her bicycle out in Lahore, Pakistan. [8] In response to this incident and as an act of condemnation and solidarity, Girls at Dhabas organized a bike rally (which became an annual event) Girls on Bikes aimed at encouraging women to embrace cycling and two-wheeler ...
Seventy (70) women politicians including nine on general seats, sixty on reserved women seats and one on non-Muslim seat were elected as the members of the 14th National Assembly [32] that served for the complete term of five years i.e. 2013-2018. [33] Emblem of Senate of Pakistan
She was indirectly elected to the National Assembly of Pakistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) on reserved seats for women from Punjab in 2013 Pakistani general election. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] On 13 May 2024, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) suspended her membership as a member of the National Assembly. [ 4 ]
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Pakistani women were granted the suffrage in 1947, [24] and they were reaffirmed the right to vote in national elections in 1956 under the interim Constitution. [25] The provision of reservation of seats for women in the Parliament existed throughout the constitutional history of Pakistan from 1956 to 1973.
In the 2024 Pakistani general election, she secured a seat in the National Assembly of Pakistan through a reserved quota for women as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] On 13 May 2024, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) suspended her membership as a member of the National Assembly. [ 3 ]
She was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N on a reserved seat for women in Pakistani general election, 2018. [4] Ahead of the Pakistani general election, 2024, as per list submitted to the ECP, Butt was listed among the PML-N female legislators designated for reserved seats in the Punjab Assembly. [5]